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by captn3m0 2997 days ago
It is guaranteed to get worse if the Supreme Court doesn't step in. For eg - Aadhaar enabled payments are on their way, and there is a push from the government to get Aadhaar authenticated ATMs out (fingerprint based). Think of what happens when your Aadhaar is disabled? We've already had people die on hospital entrances because they couldn't find the patient's Aadhaar[0], now we're moving closer to a guaranteed civil death.

The state of Telangana, for eg is turning into a over-policed state with:

- The state police maintaining a copy of the Aadhaar Data[1]

- And using it to geo-tag each resident[2]

- And track petty crimes using aadhaar[3]

Our only hope at this point is that the Supreme Court gives a favorable verdict.

[0]: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/hospital...

[1]: http://srdh.telangana.gov.in/tgsrdh/DataSeeding.html

[2]: https://twitter.com/digitaldutta/status/958251786803994624

[3]: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/aadhaar-l...

1 comments

Why are you blaming Aadhar instead of hospital. What kind of hospital turncoat aways critical patients. Btw the hospital in my area were not accepting card payments before demonization. They wanted only cash.